Black & Tan

[E30M30]

must acquire m30 swap write up, please help. i already feel guilty bugging this much without the slightest response from anyone.

[Denny]

wow! every E30 enthusiast dream right there. Good job man. Hope to one day see these in person.

[gtdragon980]

Beautiful car, loving the bronzit! Awesome video too! That v8 sounds fucking amazing, especially coming from an e30! Great work dude!

[Garageaholic]

must acquire m30 swap write up, please help. I already feel guilty bugging this much without the slightest response from anyone.

pm sent.

[IneedaRIDE]

I'm gonna need a write up too frank! If you don't mind
How much was the total cost of the build?

[jasonbk]

Awesome! did you hook up a/c as well? That leather seats will get really hot in summer

[Garageaholic]

About $15k including paint, susp, wheels, swap, and extras. My writeup has options for doing a very basic budget swap on the cheap.

Ac is hooked up, yes. New r134a retrofit and high output condenser fan.

[hendrixvodu]

awesomeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! love the e34 radio too!

[stinkydriverx]

while it sounds amazing, I thought it would be a little more savage with over/around 300hp/tq

[harv]

Best project video ever!

John

[bastianshaw]

what kind of clear is that im guessing PPG?
also that bronzit looks a shade off (in a good way) is it a different code?
swappin in v8s and taking names

[The Dark Side of Will]

I like the 3.15. Efficiency at hwy speeds is compromised, but I don't mind. The diff was originally a S3.73, but I bought a gear set from Wanganstyle and swapped the gears myself.

Can you get any traction at all in 2nd with that diff?

[Erik]

while it sounds amazing, I thought it would be a little more savage with over/around 300hp/tq

I'm sure it's plenty savage...

This is awesome! The M60 just looks so proper in an E30! Have any idea what the weight difference is between an M60 and say an S50/2?

I feel like with all that weight up front it would make for a pretty amazing drift missile.

[325ix]

while it sounds amazing, I thought it would be a little more savage with over/around 300hp/tq

They don't make that much power. Even a stock NV M62 is putting out around 260hp/300tq to the wheels. I would guess with a chip the M60 is closer to those numbers.

[Garageaholic]

while it sounds amazing, I thought it would be a little more savage with over/around 300hp/tq

It is actually. I had a clutch slave cylinder issue where it didn't shift above 3k rpm. I changed it out and wow, the car feels amazing!

Can you get any traction at all in 2nd with that diff?

Those 225 kdws are pretty grippy, but no, it's easy to lose traction in 2nd in the higher rpm range

They don't make that much power. Even a stock NV M62 is putting out around 260hp/300tq to the wheels. I would guess with a chip the M60 is closer to those numbers.

Stock, the m60 makes 282hp, 295tq. I have a markd chip. With that, it's probably bumped it up 5%ish. Either way, it feels amazing and has plenty of power to compete.